Uncategorized – Page 200 – Kihaku-Gato's Garden Blog (tumblr import)

leafy-friends:

I managed to graft two tomatoes together

leafy-friends:

My two perfect tomatos

markunsan:

Pachyveria ‘Powder Puff’

los-plantalones:

it’s been unusually cold and cloudy so far this fall, so here’s the first bloom, a month early!

@officeladythyme
replied to your photoset “Winterberry (Ilex verticillata) Like their evergreen cousins the…”

can you eat these lol

Contrary to the invitingly exotic sweet smell they give when crushed (kind of reminded me of Magnolia seed coating for sweet smell), the majority of sources say “no they are too toxic” (especially the berries, some “herbalism” texts say you can make tea from the leaves but with so many warnings on toxicity I really wouldn’t). Apparently it produces a chemical that’s similar to caffeine, so when poisoned they say its akin to caffeine overdose.

kihaku-gato:

OK TIME TO FINALLY GET THE CUDDY GARDENS THREAD TWEETS INTO TUMBLR POSTS

but I think some/most of it I’m gonna throw into the queue this time juuust to slow the barrage a little.

TIS DONE

Expect the queue’d Cuddy Garden posts to start popping on your dashboards in around abouuut *checks queue* next Sunday and Monday morning.I think.

The stone wall built by each generation of second-year Horticulture Technician students of Fanshawe College.

Brings a tear to my eye; its grown so much longer since the days I was a student doing the same in Cuddy Gardens.

Tiny but bold, I absolutely ADORE Mexican Morning Glory (Ipomea coccinea)!!!

In previous years I’ve seen hummingbirds take a couple sips on their way through Cuddy Gardens in autumn as they migrate south.

geopsych:

Hydrangea paniculata.

A bold boi Opuntia in fruit in the rock garden of Cuddy Gardens.

The other Opuntia species/cultivars in this garden pale in comparison to this variety. The native O. humifusa does not have THIS kind of size or boldness. Amazing such a bold variety/species is winter hardy in Canada.

“But Gato, did you grab any of the Opuntia fruit?”

Sad to say my self preservation from their glochids strongly overrides my seed harvesting/germinating obsessions. Prickly oriental poppies will be enough pain in my future in my greenhouse.